China will implement tighter controls on animal feed to secure animal health and "restore public confidence in food safety," state media reported. According to draft regulations issued by >>more...
China's farmers switch to industrial wastewater for irrigation >>more...
China announced Tuesday that it has instituted a nationwide program of safety checks for melamine-tainted dairy products, Reuters reported. The government dispatched food inspectors to 16 provinces >>more...
China's demand for beef and milk has been a boon for foreign breeders >>more...
A Singapore company, Hu Lee Impex, has for 10 years been farming in China. >>more...
A Shanghai dairy producer was shut down by local authorities last week when its milk powder was found to contain excessive quantities of the chemical melamine, the Wall Street Journal reported. >>more...
Sinochem cut its takeover price for Australian agricultural chemical group Nufarm by 8% to US$2.3 billion after carrying out lengthy due diligence, the Financial Times reported. Nufarm’s board >>more...
DDGS in North America comes mainly from plants that produce ethanol for oxygenated fuels. The remaining 1 to 2% of DDGS is produced by the alcohol beverage industry.The United States is very keen on selling DDGS to China although no one is quite, quite certain that there could be no adverse affects. >>more...
The Ministry of Agriculture has issued health certificates for two strains of domestically developed genetically modified rice, the Wall Street Journal reported. The rice was approved for production >>more...
There is now a commodity bubble in garlic as speculators force the price up 15 fold by storing and speculating in the somewhat noxious plant. There is a belief garlic can keep away swine flu. >>more...
Huang Yasheng, professor of political economy and international management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, spoke at the FCC in Hong Kong last week. I intended to write a post about it soon >>more...
When it comes to making public statements, the Chinese Communist Party often opts for trends rather than specifics. It was therefore not an enormous surprise when the official communique on the >>more...
Reading reports of the current tainted milk debacle, I can't help but wonder what's going to happen to the cows. In particular, I'm reminded of the pork situation over the last year or >>more...
The central bank raised interest rates yesterday to combat rising inflation, which has mainly been caused by rising food prices. Various economists have said it's nothing to worry about, because it's >>more...
Pork has been in the news this week, contributing as it has to rising headline inflation here. The latest inflation figures, for May, were released two days ago by the National Bureau of Statistics, >>more...
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